The Straits Times, 25 August 1946

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    19 1 THE STRAITS TIMES No. 578. THE LEADING SUNDAY NEWSPAPER fS MALAYA SINGAPORE, SUNDAY, AUGUST 25, 1946. PRICE 10 CENTS
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    Malayan J*fc Pilot
    60 1 Malayan Jet Pilot of the RAF. jet Meteor attacks on the air A .i up Captain r<J Donaldson, herr seen n th his tellr and small son, Donald, at I.ittlehampton, was born in Negrt in 1012 <>nr of three flying sons •>f the lat. Mr I Donald son of the
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    High Speed Attempt Postponed
    105 1 High Speed Attempt Postponed TANGMERE, < Sussex Sat. WITH timing officials warned to stand by for tr. attempt by Group Captain E. M. Donaldson >n the world air speed record today, it was disclosed, with less than an hour to go. that the twisung an* 4 buckling of the tuselage
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    KILLEARN VISIT TO BATAVIA
    107 1 THE British Special Commission--1 er in S E. Asia. Lord Killearn. v scheduled to Ifave Singapore' tomorrow for Batavia for what are d/scribed as "exploratory *ith both Dutch and In"- doneaian leaders It i.i understood that Prof W Srhermerhorn. a former Dut-h Prime Minister, will lead
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    Turkey Says 'No1 To The Soviet
    100 1 Turkey Says 'No' To The Soviet ANKARA, Sat. TURKEY has flatly rejected Russ as demands 'or joint defence of the Dardanelles. A lengthy note in reply to the Soviet demands regarding control of the Straits said Russa should seek Black Sea security by restoring friendly iclations w.th a strong Turkey
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    JAP INDUSTRY TO BE STRIPPED
    290 1 500 plants as A Hied reparations TOKIO, Sat. GEN. Mac Arthur's reparations staff, in the second phase of the task of stripping Japanese industry, today named 505 plants in eight industries for potential removal by the Allied nations. Previously Gen. Mac Arthur had named aircraft
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    New Hat For Churchill
    61 1 New Hat For Churchill Mr. Winston Churchill one of whose hobbies is the collection of out-ofthc ordinar> hats, collected this one when he was installed recently as Lord Warden and Admiral of the Cinque Ports at Dover. Mr. Churchill, with his wife and youngest daughter, Mary, left for Switserland by
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    Full Inquiry Into Calcutta Riots Promised
    141 1 Full Inquiry Into Calcutta Riots Promised CALCUTTA, Sat. A THOROUGH inquiry will be held into the Calcutta HinduMoslem riots as soon as conditions permit by an authority that will command universa confidence, it was announced today toy the Chief Minister of Bengal. H. 6. Suhrawaidy. Over 2,000 people lost their
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    London talks on Malayan rubber output excess
    348 1 London talks on Malayan rubber output excess Sunday Times Financial Correspondent CONVERSATIONS are proceeding in London regarding v» the disposal of Malayan rubber production for the last quarter of this year estimated, with imports from neighbor. -j n g territories, at 150.000 tons. The figure is in excess of estimates
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    London View DIFFICULTIES OF CONTROL
    140 1 London View DIFFICULTIES OF CONTROL LONDON. Sat. EVEN before the Board of Trade changed the method of purcr.asinß Malayan rubber at the end of April, there was evidence that the Rubber Directorate was experiencing difficulties in handling the practical problems of rapidly changing the rubber supply situation. writes ihe Financial
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    U.S. may take Yugoslavia case to UNO
    187 1 U.S. may take Yugo slavia case to UNO WASHINGTON. Sat. THE acting United State? Secretary of State, Mr. Dean Acheson has 'intimated" that on the basis of information now available in Washington, the United States does not consider that Yugoslavia has complied with United States ultimatum regarding the shooting down
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    Whitehall On Occupied Houses
    102 1 Whitehall On Occupied Houses THE Secretary of State for the Colonies has sent to members of the European community in Kuala Lumpur a reply to their protest against the military occupation of houses and business premises in Kuala Lumpur. The protest was cabled to the Prune Minister. Mr. Clement Attlee.
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    DRIFTING MINES
    48 1 TOKIO. Sat— The last moored mine has been swept from watcis around the Japanese coast, reports the Commander of Naval Activity, but his report added that 30.000 mines which have broken away from their moorings are drifting somewhere in the ocean currents of the Pacific -Reuter.
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    Ethiopia Claims £185 Millions
    54 1 PARIS, Sat rHIOPIA is claiming £100 a head for the lons of life caused by the Italian invasion of the country. Th<> dead are gtven as 760.000 The claim is part of the re. parations bill submitted to the Paris conference amounting in all to about
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    RUSSIA 'RELEASES' LITVINOV
    312 1 MOSCOW, Sat. IN a drastic administrative shake-up, the Russian Council of Ministers today announced the "release" ol Maxim Litvinov, long-time advocate of friendship with the Western powers, from his post as Deputy Foreign Minis ter, replacing him with Fedor Gusev and Jacob Malik. Litvinov is the author
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    NEW INDIA COVT APPOINTED
    191 1 NEW INDIA GOVT APPOINTED NEW DELHI, Sat. THE King-Emperor hfw accepted the resignation of the Indian "caretaker government" and appointed the new interim government headed by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru. Congress President, an official communique stated here today. Other members are: Sardar Vallabhai Patel: (member of Congress Working Committee and Congress
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    Malayan big sweep record
    63 1 1 NEW record ot $372,065 for big sweep pools in Malaya was established at the Perak Turf Club's one-day meeting at Ipoh yesterday The winning ticket. No. *****6 paid $.07.u;i. This Ipoh pool beats the record established al the Selangor Turf Club's meetinc at Kuala Lumpur
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    U.K.-NEW ZEALAND AIR RECORD
    84 1 WELLINGTON. Sat THE Royal Air Force Lancaster Aries broke the Englana-New Zealand record by 52 minutes. The previous England-New Zealand record was 60 hours 45 minutes. The Aries took off from Darwin for New Zealand "Strr only 65 minutes halt there on her arrival from England.
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    SPOTLIGHT On MALA YA AND MALAYANS
    1887 2 SPOTLIGHT On MALA YA AND MALAYANS ANK of the little-known heroes of the war in Asia, Major Hugh Paul Seagrim, ho led the K hillmen in their valiant resistance to thi JapaI ;mi told, to betho t of a book which :tt present beinp written in Sincja] />i S a^rim
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      371 2 O A nin M A 1 A V A except on Sundays when the afternoon 8.15 p.m. Home Flash; 8.30 p.m. ntXUlKJ 1»1 /\1j/\ Z M session opens At a pjn. (newa bead- News; 8.35 p.m. London Culling; 8.40 RKD NETWORK from rood to llnn 3C pjn anc" r,ews at
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    AIR DASH FOR H.E.s PAPERS
    393 3 AIR DASH FOR H.E.'s PAPERS 2, 500 Miles In 7 Hours, 30 Minutes ATLANTIC record-breaker. Wing-Commander J. R. H. Merifield has just established what must be a record for South-East Asia. He has flown from Singapore to Labuan and back, Singapore to Penrng and back (2,500 miles) in seven hours
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    RAF Help For Civil Flying
    159 3 THE Royal Air Force in the Far East, since it opened the air routes following upon the Japanese capitulation, has made a great contribut on to the extensive development of civil flyina Daily. RAF. navigators expert enced in monsoon flying, wireless operators and meteorological forecasters
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    $1 RADIO BUILT FROM JUNK
    335 3 Sunday Times Reporter READERS' reaction to the story last week of $1 radios in Singapore was both unexpected and overwhelming. From Monday the telephone rang every few minutes with requests for further information and letters were received in scores, many from servicemen and from readers
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    Spore Inspector On Charge
    67 3 S'pore Inspector On Charge Sunday Times Correspondent. MALACCA, Sat. VUSOFF bin Ahmad, Inspector of Police attached to the Joo Chiat pol cc station. Singapore, appeared in the Magistrate's Court. Mala ca. today and had a charge explained to him of voluntarily causing hurt to Tol Teo Toh in March, 1343.
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    New U.P.A.M Secretary
    28 3 9w «ina---r Mr II I Brooke, well, known Malayan sportsman. h» returned to Malaya as "•rrrt tary of the Inited PUnt. ing Association of Malaya
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    SPORE BIRTH-RATE RISING STEEPLY
    177 3 S'PORE BIRTH-RATE RISING STEEPLY Sunday Times Reporter. '•INGAPOKE is now more healthy than at any ttflu since •3 the occupation. The birth-rate is rising steeply and ut numbering deaths by nearly 400 a week, and there is no mic of any major tropical disease. New malaria cases with n Singapore
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    R.A.F. Man On Cheating Charge
    76 3 R.A.F. Man On Cheating Charge AS RAF man cla.med trial in the Second Police Court yes- ttiday to n charge of cheating a 1 c o. SJOO. It was alleged that R L T. Burt.»n attach?d to the R A.F S?letar. dishonestly induced Neol i give him $500 by; falsely
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    SINGAPORE'S BIG WAR ON SMUGGLERS
    306 3 ROUND-THE-CLOCK patrols operating from Woodlands to Changi and on the Johore Straits have recently reduced smuggling of rice, tinned foodstuffs and textiles into and out of Singapore. The Preventive Branch of the Singapore Customs Service is engaged in tl.is constant battle of w.ts not only
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    ALLEGED BRIBE TO OFFICIAL
    81 3 THE managing partner of a Chinese firm in New Bridge Road. Lee Tuck Tau. claimed trial in the First District C)nrt to a summons charge of corruptly frying $500 to Mr. Lindsay Irvine Brown, a Surveyor of Ships attached to the Surveyor-Grneral of Ships Department, Singapore,
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    SHIP ARRIVALS
    61 3 SHIPS bringing In general cargo for Singapore which are expected to arrive today are the City of Norwich and Glen AffaHc from the United K ngdom, Lck Sant from Hongkong, Olive Bank f*oi" Vo"*lx\.-:8 md Penang, L. S. T. 3514 from Ball. Vessels due tomorrow are the Adolph
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    TRINDER TAKES A TRIP-FOR HOME
    285 3 Sunday Times Correspondent. DAMN was just b. caking over MBtapof*. Sydney t# UK passengers were gathering in the waiting rcom of Qant s Airways at Raffles Hotel. Mr Dunbabee. manager of tho Kallang office who was to escort the passengers to the flying boat, was
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    Matchbox Crystal Set
    27 3 Matchbox Crystal Set Here are two crystal sets tna<* c from junk by a Sunday Times reporter. The top one in the picture rests on a matchbox.
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    Siamese Giant Tours Malaya
    42 3 Sunday Times Correspondent A Siamese giant, seven feet six inches in height, has arrived in Penang from Kcdah. and will todr Malaya on exhibition. He is 28.year.old Nies. and his shoes are said to be II inches long
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    COSTLY BEER
    64 3 Found In possession of 72 cans of "American" beer, when police stopped him in Sophia Road. Jiow Tee Teow, a middle-aged Ch nsse, was yesterday fined $170 or eight weeks' imprisonment by Mr. K. M. Byrne in the Third Police Court. He was also fined $20, in default
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    AUSSIE SHIPSFOR STORE
    186 3 AUSSIE SHIPS FOR STORE Sunday Times Reporter SHIPS ranging from 250 tons to 1,500 tons, which w«.t<used in Australia during tho war, are likely to find then way to Eastern waters; for use in the islands adjacent to Singapore. wh;lf some will end in the China coast trade. Carriers of
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    Robbers Net $6,000
    114 3 MORE th v $6,000 in caoh jnd In jewellery was stolen in threa armed robber.es in Singapore on Friday night. The biggest of these occurred in a house m Hast ngs Road occupied dv a Chinese woman. Three Chii e.se. one of whom was armed with a
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      194 3 X WORKMW ACCIDENTALLY WS KILLED nl* employer bound by law to pay 51. 600 to the dependents A loss which would have be?n paid by the insurance if IM had only taken out that workman's compensation policy he had been DON'T DELAY think ng about feCEK PROTECTION FROM ONE OF
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    Ul \ill»
    50 4 DEATH N PENH AS of 117 yed SO. paced away at tarn TAN p-.-sej away ■i MM M 10 .0 j m k,: Fi:day \unist. it4c t- ,!.d nir.; iil« widow, one in-law had two grand -children If mourn his teas take- place on B'inrtay Ist September. IMS 11 am.
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    SINOAPORE, AUG. 25. 1»4« Generosity Has Not Paid
    629 4 THE STRAITS TIMES SINGAPORE, AUG. 25, 1946 Generosity Has Not Paid IN spite of all efiurt.s to whitewash Siam— and we have witnessed on<> from Lord Killearn in the past weekit is apparent that .*he must bear a very larye c of the responsibility for the serious fx>d situation which
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    IS SINGAPORE TO REMAIN A CULTURAL DESERT?
    1245 4 rwas Dame Nelly Melba who. on being asked what type programme a singer visiting Australia should choose, replied tersely "Give 'em muck!" and such advice might well be tendered to any artist contemplating a visit to Singapore. For— let us put in bluntly
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    Pacific island spies who helped win war
    912 4 Pacific island spies who helped win war MELBOURNE. Aug. 15. IUSTRALIA'S bravest, bi*- gest, and formerly most secret, story of the war comes out this week with publication by Oxford University Press (Melbourne) of "The Coast Watchers' 1 oy Commander Eric Feidt. onetime New Guinea official, and more recently espionage
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    Elephants Boom
    184 4 IN the United States, the pr^-war pr.*e of an elephant hat soared from $2,400 (Straits) to $7,000 and it has Americas wild anlma! merchants in an uproar. Three of the U.S.A. 's largest importers of wild life that walks, crawls, swims or flies say they are swamped with
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    BIG FOOD PRICE JUMP
    262 5 Black market reaction to ric£ cwt Sunday Times Reporter AN'K w ik since the Malayan rice ration was cut to the lowest level on record, rice was yesterday s black market at $3 a kati ■ontrolled price of eig:ht cents. M re has also been ri.-e
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    How Prices Have Moved
    140 5 inpaporp food piicos up in yr<Urr3a> a «rrk vinif the rut in thr iii r ration as checked by a Miiuiav Times rrpor.« i ■ack HhM Prne c OBtml! d I. for* \\\rr prr kjLU lit t ul 1... r W8 H.M IV M; .12 I
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    BITTER-SWEET?
    31 5 ABA(- -^ar placed a lorry load of other rock sugar vai spotted by a vigilant The owner of the sugar. Lee sion?. was yesterda: estlon ol the sugar a it
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    75,000 PROTEST BEFORE PALACE
    35 5 TOKIO. Sat. MORE than 75.000 workers and farmers demonstrated in front of the Imperial Palace this morning against the discharge f-'f nd Oe mposition of mc -me tax on workers.— R-?uter.
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    Extra Yard Of Textiles In Union
    173 5 Extra Yard Of Textiles In Union Sunday Tidies Correspondent KLALA LUM^UrC. Sal. THE Mai<i>an Union Government in a commun que i— ued on the textile position states that as a result of careful review it has been found possible to raise the scale of issue from four yar<Js to five
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    CORONER RETURNS OPEN VERDICT
    74 5 AN opei. verdict was leturned by the Singapore Coroner, Mr. Poh Guan Hock, alter an inquiry Into the death of a 19-year-ola Ch.nese girl Toh Boh Tan. who was found dead a mile fr«m her home after a quarrel with her husband. Both the Government Pathologist
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    Jap Girl At Treason Trial
    5 5 Jap Girl At Treason Trial
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    HOUSE'BOYS'ASK SIX-DAY WEEK
    204 5 Sunday Times Reporter THREE thousand amahs, ccoks and house "boys" in 1 Singapore have formed themselves into a labour union, one of t H e objects of which will be to negotiate for a six-day working Week for domestic servants as woll as their counterparts employed in
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    Car-Stripping: 90 In 3 Months
    98 5 Sunday Times Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Sat. IN less than three months over 90 ccarss r s of car-stripping have been reported in Kuala Lumpur. In June, 29 such cases were repoited be»ides reports of thefts of five cars, one jeep, three military trucks and one
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    'Loquacious' Interpreter Acquitted
    70 5 'Loquacious' Interpreter Acquitted A "LOQUACIOUS and inquisitive" police court interpreter who the District Judge described as "being guilty of aslt.ng the most abstruse questions of law" was yesterday acqui.ted on a summons charge of offering a $500 br.be to Mr. O. O. Griffiths, a Singapore police officer. "I think Mr.
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    700 DOCK MEN TO GO BACK
    465 5 Singapore Strike Surrey Sunday Time- Reporter THE strike situation in Singapore generally still remains stagnant, although 700 Chinese dockyard worker* of the Singapore Harbour Board have agreed to return to work tomorrow morning after a strike lasting more than two months Some 500 Malay
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    SINGAP ORE TALKS ON PAN-MALAYAN SCHOOLS POLICY
    306 5 Sunday Times Reporter. MATTERS of common educational interest lo Singapore' and the Malayan Tnion are being discu-wd in Singapore this week-end by the two educition chiefsMr. J. B. Neilson, Director of Education. Singapore?. ;ind Mr. H. R. Cheeseman, Director of Education, Malayan In
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    SINGAPORE LOAN LISTS CLOSED
    67 5 According to a Caere nciifics t:m. U« lists of the Sinsapore Loan 11S2--1970 were closed a* noon on iiMKSd-; All anplicatiops received un t> rr including Au?. 21. mill 0> »llott3d i: tji Aay applications received tilts ttMl da:e will, up to a maximum o.' Ss\ooo.
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    Why Food Campaign Has Failed
    114 5 Sunday Times Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR I URGING Kuala Lumpur r scl ml i to MM forward and apj lv for land for food growing. Kuala Lumpiw authorities today gavp four reasons why the Gnu Food campaign has not produced any *reai rcsuitj here so far.
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    81 5 MISB FOVM SIISHO the Japanese jonTclist *ln was flown from Tokio to Sydney i to give evidence in th-' charge of high treason Against .Ma 'or Charles Couscn-. who «as vth the TV .-in *t»» sion in Malaya, was taken f'oW and is aite ,'cd to rave made broadcasts from
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      211 5 I— UUl^tfWl yfwff rxr Pah IS?' Toothtcli. Ml lit m»g m I i Rtipi.* TiHtti. r<»ir -i b«»-.ti rou ft pf 4 uHt t>l.if that |.o. -u» pi. <l fret f«l.', ■nd brmp n**':* »hfr. 11 W J l lgt Catherine Paris Dresses, Perfume ami Accessories. Will open in the
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      AMAN SHOWED THE TIGER' IN HIMvCARR
      775 6 AMAN SHOWED THE TIGER' IN HIM v CARR By MERV WILLIAMS. Boxing Editor. "The Sporting Globe," MELBOURNE, Aug. 18. IT NOCKING out Mickey Carr in the sixth round at 1\ Melbourne Stadium on Saturday, "Tiger" Aman certainly made good with a vengeance for his defeat by Mick McKay at his
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    SWEDE PROMISED TO K.O. MILLS
    599 6 SWEDE PROMISED TO K.O. MILLS LONDON. By Air Mail. JOHN NlUson. Swedish heavy. J weight boxer, came over here to fight our light-heavy weight champion, Freddie Mills, of Bournemouth. John, who is 21 and a member of the Swedish Air Force, had no doubt about the result We knew he
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      235 6 J L(q\J L/^(S\J Cwtgtj) buck magic by Edgar Rice Burroughs r "*'~< HR^^B^H [~fti PV>EnT, O TARZAN'THe OIP MAW V'VsJ **/ITNrSS TmE MOUMTAiN ShAPCO U«E i§ i IfflT^ftrwlrH p-"" swM£p rH a« r«us j J^LJJ a gorilla's face w/we«E th« w/mits mah"s) ■BsP^^HHPR^eIbT I p E(rL6<:TlOl>< or T T wmiCn
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      482 6 VIBGO. (Au«. 24— Sept. 22) —The new moon brings prominence for the next four weeks on per/on*! affair*. Concentrate on individual advancement. Your relations with others, either In busineM or social Matters. U of the utmost Importance a« this time. LIBRA, (Sept. 23— Oct. 23) —Your health is ia^jrUnt now
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    CRICKET ON PADANC
    20 7 CRICKET ON PADANG The Sincaport- f rirkv' club Co out to Held on the pad&ng yesterday against Hq Singapore District
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    Today's Soccer At Stadium
    63 7 'I'M*. foJU»in t ta the line-ap far today's aaccer at Ja an Bctar tXwiimm: I r osnsiited B A F hre Sen( SatHh Thiii Mortoa hrn I JnkMM len Hrn ritefrrald U« l*n; (Cant I l.oo«n It'apl I I mi >» m| l.atoa I hb Painter
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    WOODERSON WINS
    161 7 OSLO, Frl. M'WO British itar* dominated the •1 second day's rcgramm* today of ih- European track and field champonahtp Sydney Woodenon easily woa tb» 5000 m*tre-ran In 14 mlns. 18 6 lrh t* second only to Gun^ar. Haecg's «<>r'.d record of 13 mins 54 2 "«an. former holier
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    CRICKET CLUB WIN BY THREE RUNS
    390 7 CRICKET CLUB WIN BY THREE RUNS rERE was a thrilling finish to yesterday's game of cricket on the Padang in which the Singapore Cricket Club beat Headquarters, Singapore District, by three runs. Features of the game were a good innings of 61 by Skinner for Singapore District and Jagger's six
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    LEAGUE TO BE RUN IN ONE SECTION?
    566 7 S>ore Victory Cup Soccer rE Singapore Amateur Football Association's league competition for the "Victory Cup," scheduled to start early next month, may now have to be postponed for a fortnight. The S.A.F.A. proposal was that the league should be run in two separate
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    TO-NIGHT'S BOXING
    100 7 OOXIifO lans at to-ni«hfs card of five events at the Happy World Siadium may expect to witress some hard nghting in the final biut between van Loon and Jimmy Bird. L.i? Dutchman came into pro.-n n nee early this year %hen he weni the full pace with Bomber
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    N.B. SOCCER
    58 7 a^HE foliowing wIU represent x th? Naval Base As:an Spcru Club In a game of jtoccer against the R.A.F. Hcepital (Seletar) at the Dockyard Ground at 5 pjn today: K. Balan. V. Louis, Peter Then. T. S?rur, K. Singh. Dawood, B. Roberts, Andrew T»r<n. A S. Paul. V.
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    NEW ST. LEGER CALLOVER
    69 7 London. Sat. YESTERDAY'S callover on the St. Leger, running on S?pt. 11, resulted: 7—2 Airborne offered 4 l taken and wanted. 9—2 Gulf Stream offered s—l5 1 taken. 13 2 Ntrgal offered 7 l taken. B—l8 1 Fast and Fair and White Jacket o~ered 100—7. Croupier
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    Combined YMCA Meet SeletarOn Wednesday
    310 7 T ED by Koh Hor Khoon. a former 1■• captain of Singapore's Malaya Cm team, the Combined V.M.C.A.! field a strong soccer side to meet i.. i,AJ. (Seletar) in a game In al< of the V.M.C.A. Rehabilitation Fund at Jalan Besar Stadium on Wednesday In
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    R.A.F. TEAMS DRAW IN CHANCI SOCCER
    269 7 From (pi. Philipps R.A.F. (Chanjji) 0 R.A.F. (Kallang) 0 fMIANGI and Kallang airmen had a keen soccer tussle on \> Chan-i Airfield yesterday, but opportunities went a-begging and the result was a draw, neither side scoring. Even a disputed penalty awarded Kallang brought no
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    N'thamptons In 2 Games
    87 7 THE Northamptonshire Kegi- nient, Singapore Island Services soccer champions, will meet the Royal Scots at Jalan Besar Stadium on Thursday in the semi-final of the Malaya Command Cup competition. The winners will meet the 9th Field Regiment R.D.Y., in the final to be played at Kuala
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    VICTORY FOR VON NIDA
    167 7 IVTORMAN VON NIDA, 31 -year -eld diminutive Australian golfer, today won the News Chronicle 1 ,500 tournament with an aggregate of 283 for 72 holes at Hollingbury Park here. His rounds were 69. 71, 70 and "13, phenomenal scoring over a hilly and tricky course measuring
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    TABLE TENNIS
    131 7 IN a triendly game of table tennis the Chiate Sing Athletic Union defeated the Chinese Swimming Club by five games to two last Sunday, at the Chinese Swimming Club: Results: (OS.A.U. players named first) Chua Boon Lim lost to Ng Yew Wing 0-3; (Joh Teck Phuan defeated Eddie
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    ARMY'S REFORMS START
    216 8 "Petty nuisance" parades to go WELBECK ABBEY (Notte), Sat. DAY parades, sick parades, leave parades are abolished today by Lieut.-Gen. Sir Philip Christison, General Officer Commanding:, Northern Command, who was formerly the Allied Commander in the Netherlands Indies. He described them as "among the petty nuisances which
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    Boy flies Timor sea in wheel cavity
    194 8 Boy flies Timor sea in wheel cavity I 1 Melbourne, (By Air Mail). I I L'STRALIAS strangest tale I A of the week was the discovery in the engine nacelle of a Dutch Dakota aircraft at Darwin after the ocean crossins? from Koepang, of a 12--year.old Indonesian lad (the engine
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    55 8 Divisional Officer Leonard Frederick Phipps. of the Singapore Fire Brigade, who has been awarded the Colonial Police Medal for gallantry Mr. Phipps was in charge of the Geylang Fire Brigade during the Japanese campaign, and he did some fine work during the bombings of Kallang airfield daring the days
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    WATCHED HIS 32 COMPANIONS DIE
    193 8 Ordeal In Lifeboat LONDON. Sat. A YOUNG Merchant Navy cadets 2 -days' ordeal in an open boat, during which he saw his 32 companions die. is described in a book published today. John Ross, a Scotsman, was only 17 when the s.s. Ben Wyvis was
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    81 Proposed Trade Unions
    72 8 rUC IKIES for registration from 81 pronwd trad unions were received up till noon yesterday by Hi-. Social Welfare Department, which, in return, has sent out parti, mlars of registration to «ll th< ie unions. The work of investigating the applications will com. menre when the
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    CATHAY PLAQUE CEREMONY
    95 8 CATHAY PLAQUE CEREMONY AT a simple ceremony tomorrow in the Cathay building, Major-Gen. B. C. H. Kimmins, will unveil a brass plaque presented by Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten to Mrs. Loke Yew, owner of the Cathay Building. The plaque, which Ls surmounted by the famous oACSEA crest, reads: "Presented to
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    NEW AIR SERVICE TO HONG KONG
    62 8 LONDON. Sat AT dawn today a giant flying, boat took oil from the harbour at Poole to inaugurate the 'Dragon" service to Hong Kong. This will be the first direct service. The Journey of 8,352 miles takes a little over three days, with calls
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    KING'S PICTURES GO TO CANADA
    36 8 LONDON. Sat —Pictures worth half a m llion sterling owned by the King are on their way across the Atlantic to be exhibited in Canada and tf»e Un ted States —Reuter
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    $97 For Win At Ipoh
    608 8 $97 For Win At Ipoh Sunday Times Correspondent IPOri. Bat. 'THERE was a big upoet at to-day's races here In the Perak Turf Clubs one-day meeting when Distinguished won the last race by a heau from Harlequin to pay $97. In the main event of the day, Ooat's Skin, ridden
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    YORKS HOLD LEAD
    356 8 London. S&t. WITH Yorkshire. Lancashire and Middlesex winning their games that ended yesterday, the post- tlons among the leaders In the County championship remain identical with the addition of 12 points to each County. Other counties winning yesterday were Glamorgan and Hampshire. Results were At Cardiff. Glamorganshire
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    BIG CRUISER TOWS FISHING BOAT
    46 8 TOKIO. Sat THE heavy cruiser. U.S. 8. Chicago is heading for Yokohuka with a tiny Japanese Ashing boat In tow, bealrng a crew of eight typhoon victims who had been drifting 12 days without food when rescued by the Chicago.— UP.
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    England & Scotland Draw
    84 8 England Scotland Draw 1 Manchester, Sst. HE international soccer match between England and S otland played on Manchester City's ground ended in two-all draw, Scotland equalising five minutes before foiltime. The g«me. which km played in aid of last year's Bolton cap-tie disaster when 33 were killed and more than
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    HOME SOCCER RESULTS
    90 8 London. Sat. To-day's Scottish soccer lesults were: A DIVISION Falklrk 2. Queen of tie South 3 Hibernian 3. Hamilton Academicals 2 KUmarnook 2. Morton 3. Motherwell 0. Hearts t. St. Mirren 4. Aberdeen 2. B DIVISION Airdrieonlans 1. Albion Rovers 2. Alloa Athletic 2. Btenhousemulr 0 Arbroath
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    ESSEX MEET INDIANS
    75 8 SOOTHEND Essex. Sat. IN the cricket match between the Indian tourists and Essex which began here today, Essex won the toss r.nti batted. ESSEX IST. INNINGS Averr c Hindiekar b Shlndt 62 Crabtree c Sohoni b Shindr 25 T'odds c Hindiekar j Banner je? 14 Bailey b
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    BRADMAN FIT FOR TESTS
    82 8 ADELAIDE. Sat DON Bradman firmly believes he will be fit to play against England In the coining tour. It Is disclosed here that he turned lown an offer which Is reported to be In the region of £2.000 which W J O'Reilly accepted to write on
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